Vanessa Cowie, animal services manager for city of Salina, said her office investigated a Feb. 25 bite by Crowdis’s dog, Shooter. Crowdis is also known as Danielle Worcester and Danielle Davis.

“We submitted charges for failing to have a rabies vaccination,” Cowie said. “That was dismissed. We also charged for not having a city license, and that was dismissed. We cited for nuisance animal that had attacked or injured a person, and that’s the one she was found guilty of.”

The case was resolved May 17 in Salina municipal court. Crowdis was fined $178 for having a nuisance animal.

“There is a state requirement that the dog has to be quarantined for 10 days,” Cowie said. “It must be seen by a vet after the bite and seen again after the quarantine. Even if it’s the first bite, in Salina we would at least issue a citation. Even if it was not a vicious dog, that gives the victim family the opportunity to seek reimbursement for medical expenses.”

Cowie said that after Cleeton called her, she phoned the Marion County sheriff’s office and offered to help with the quarantine of the dog.

She said she was told the case was Marion County’s jurisdiction and no help was needed.

“If there’s anything else we can do, we will be happy to help,” Cowie said.

Her department cannot take action on its own.

“We don’t have any jurisdiction over that bite,” Cowie said.

County Attorney Courtney Boehm said permitting an animal determined to be dangerous to be at large is a Class B misdemeanor.

Boehm said she had not been contacted by the sheriff’s department in relation to the dog bite.

“Of course, we have to depend on them to do our investigation because we don’t have an investigator,” Boehm said.

Craft, who could not be reached for comment after the newspaper learned of the first bite, earlier offered advice to the public:

“Don’t pet strange dogs. If it’s not your dog, don’t pet them. If your dog is a cranky dog, don’t bring your dog to events where there are a lot of people.”

Health department administrator Deidre Serene did not return a call from the newspaper Tuesday.